The earlier article today already made this point, but the Cavs as currently constructed are not competitive with the best teams in the league. The Warriors are probably on a whole different level than everybody else, but the delta between the Cavs and the Celtics, Raptors, and Houston is appreciable, while that…

As much as I basically agree with the players that officiating in the NBA has reached all-time lows (and that is saying something), players’ constant bitching about missed calls is pathetic. The NBA needs to lay down the law: bitch about missed calls twice (or three times or whatever) and you’re gone. Implement the…

The NBA has always been the most inconsistently and poorly officiated major sports league; bad calls loom larger in football, but NFL refs and MLB umps are almost always right and call their games with an internal consistency that the NBA only dreams of. The fact that stars get calls that scrubs (and rookies) don’t…

Why are you saying its those four?

What happened to Marcus Williams is that no one know how to tackle anymore. Rather than ending a play with an effective but pedestrian tackle to the midsection, defenders throw their body at a ball-carrier in the belief that F=MA and that force causes big hits that (1) may separate the ball from the carrier and (2)…

It is rare that we vicariously experience depression: in mentally healthy individuals, exposure to other’s misfortune usually causes gratitude (for what we actually have) or pity (for their sorrow). It is also rare to empathize with someone blessed by fate in all ways but one; we’re just not wired to feel bad for…

I’m pretty sure he’s going to crap the bed next week, but I said the same thing about this week’s game.

What’s even more discouraging than the shot is the body language. I’m assuming this was not a full-speed practice session, but that is one defeated-looking 19 year old.

Who would have thought that Lonzo Ball would be the better shooter of those two? Other than LaVar, I mean.

So the final four start 3 career backups and Tom Brady. Nice.

I think the point is not that Gerrit Cole warrants Chris Sale-level return but that he definitely warrants more than Joe Musgrove and spare change. The Pirates just traded their ace for a bridge guy; that’s bad baseball.

“recreate my brand on and off the court”

“The Clippers have thrust Willie Reed into the starting lineup in Jordan’s place.”

I’m as good of an NFL GM as you are an MLB one. I said, publicly, that Marcus Allen was a product of the USC o-line, that Jerry Rice was afraid to go over the middle, and that the Patriots should have stuck with Matt Cassell after Brady came back from his injury. Now I don’t speak during games, I just drink quietly.

I’d like to believe this is just Lebron’s master plan to put Kyrie in his place: let the Celtics coast to the best record in the East, Kyrie believes he’s finally “the Man”, then Lebron and the Cavs beat them 3 straight by an average of 30 in an epic 1 v. 8 meltdown in which Kyrie averages 8 points and fakes a knee…

While the concept of race may be the foundational error in the creation of our country, racism is not the single biggest problem we face in trying to better society. Its Americans’ refusal to accept the complexity of the human condition that prevents us from moving forward. This controversy shows that (full…

My advice for lawyers and PR people involved in a situation that might be related to the country having “a moment”: don’t reference the moment. Just uncategorically deny the allegations and walk the fuck away. There is no benefit in taking on “the moment”.

Stephen Colbert pointed out that Trump’s public disclosure of meeting yesterday included a meeting the “Prime Minister of Normay”. Colbert speculated this is all part of the WH staff’s efforts to keep Trump from fucking things up: having him meet with imaginary leaders of imaginary countries. So it would make sense…

Jeff, you need to look at NCAA eligibility rules. I think you have 5 years to play 4, and the clock starts once you enroll in a college or JC (not once you’ve played a game). I hate to blow up your dreams, but you’re probably going to require special NCAA approval, which means you probably need to be looking at…

We had a similar situation play out in our local high school: a kid, who had a prior juvenile conviction, was credibly accused of a sexual assault on campus during the school day. The administrators slow-rolled the mandated disclosures and investigations and allowed the boy to remain on campus, claiming they were…